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Loan-burdened Bura farmers weigh their options

Mr John Karanja, a farmer at the Bura Irrigation Scheme during an interview with Nation.Africa in Bura, Tana River County

Photo credit: Stephen Odour I Nation Media Group

For hundreds of indigenous farmers at the Bura Irrigation Scheme in Tana River County, farming is an activity they yearn to be part of but cannot.

They are caught in the tight grip of credit reference bureaus, crippling their ability to borrow money and improve productivity on their farms.